This week we finish our unit on Rhetorical Modes with a viewing of The Crucible. You should be able to answer the following questions about the play:
What argument is Miller making?
What strategies does he use in making that argument?
Is the argument effective?
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This week we continue our unit on rhetorical modes but we focus on the play The Crucible which is an allegory to examine rhetorical strategies. Based on this poster, what do you think the play is about?
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This week we start a short, but very important unit- Rhetorical Modes. This includes speeches, responses to current events, and position papers.
What is it like to travel to a place and experience new things? Part of the reason why Cooper is such a powerful author is because of his descriptive language. If you've ever been to Upstate New York, you know that it looks exactly like how he describes it. This week we finish our adventure unit, and The Last of the Mohicans. This week we continue our unit on the Adventure story. While The Last of the Mohicans can be read as an adventure story, it can also be read as a captivity narrative. What sorts of images do you associate with the phrase captivity narrative? Does the novel fit these images? This week we'll focus on analyzing the major themes of the novel, as well as the different ways you can approach the themes.
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This week we start our Adventure unit. The novel we'll be reading in class is The Last of the Mohicans but we'll also read adventure stories from Melville, London, Crane and O'Brien. As you read this week, try to think of movie that you like that are adventure stories. While the movie The Last of the Mohicans is one of my favorites, it actually has very little to do with the book. Still worth watching though!
This week we will cover The Scarlet Letter. Many times students are asked in their high school English classes to cover a work that they are bored by or not interested in and you ask "why do we have to read this?" The answer is two-fold. First, there are certain works of literature that you are expected to be familiar with and the other is, that these classic works of literature are referenced in the art, books, comics and movies of today. A good example would be the recent movie Easy A. While it's not about The Scarlet Letter, it does reference it, and if you don't understand the reference or allusion, you don't understand part of the movie. To help you though (because Hawthorne's language can be very dry) I've pointed you towards some YouTube videos of the old silent film version of the book, and encouraged you to access SparkNotes. While not a substitute for reading the book, it is an excellent tool to help you figure out what's going on. The Scarlet Letter is considered romantic fiction, so we will look at it in this light, as well as make some comparisons to Ethan Frome and look at what romantic elements are seen
This book cover always seemed much more horrifying to me than the ones with just snowy backgrounds. This week we will finish our discussion of Ethan Frome and you will have an essay test. This week we continue our genre fiction unit with Ethan Frome, which we will analyze as a romance. We will read the novel this week, and then work with it next week. .
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This week we finish the short story portion of our genre fiction unit. We will build on identifying the genre elements that you were introduced to last week.
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This week we start the unit of GENRE FICTION. We're going to read a bunch of short stories, but rather than study the time periods they were written in, we're going to analyze them according to the genre of fiction they are. Therefore we'll analyze whether they fit into the genres of detective, mystery, horror/gothic or romance fiction. Did you know that Batman was originally created as a detective? He had no superhero skills, rather he focused on deductive reasoning to catch the bad guys.
This week we finish our Primary Documents unit. Your assessment is Friday, and you'll turn in your notebook then. We'll have a review Thursday, please make sure you study! If you don't do well, you'll be assigned Intervention and then retake the assessment.
Welcome to Mrs. Vogt's American Literature class! For class this week, the first thing you'll need is a 5 subject spiral notebook (preferably with pockets). I also suggest that you get a highlighter and a set of colored markers, as they will help you keep up with your interactive notebook. I am available for help during Empower Hour on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Feel free to see me if you have any questions.
Here you can find documents that are used a lot in class, or that you might need. Also, in the classroom, all extra copies are kept in the bins by the window with the class name on them.
This week we finish our unit on Rhetorical Modes with a viewing of The Crucible. You should be able to answer the following questions about the play:
This week we continue our unit on rhetorical modes but we focus on the play The Crucible which is an allegory to examine rhetorical strategies. Based on this poster, what do you think the play is about?
This week we start a short, but very important unit- Rhetorical Modes. This includes speeches, responses to current events, and position papers.
What is it like to travel to a place and experience new things? Part of the reason why Cooper is such a powerful author is because of his descriptive language. If you've ever been to Upstate New York, you know that it looks exactly like how he describes it.
This week we finish our adventure unit, and The Last of the Mohicans.
This week we continue our unit on the Adventure story. While The Last of the Mohicans can be read as an adventure story, it can also be read as a captivity narrative. What sorts of images do you associate with the phrase captivity narrative? Does the novel fit these images?
This week we'll focus on analyzing the major themes of the novel, as well as the different ways you can approach the themes.
This week we start our Adventure unit. The novel we'll be reading in class is The Last of the Mohicans but we'll also read adventure stories from Melville, London, Crane and O'Brien. As you read this week, try to think of movie that you like that are adventure stories. While the movie The Last of the Mohicans is one of my favorites, it actually has very little to do with the book. Still worth watching though!
This week we will cover The Scarlet Letter. Many times students are asked in their high school English classes to cover a work that they are bored by or not interested in and you ask "why do we have to read this?" The answer is two-fold. First, there are certain works of literature that you are expected to be familiar with and the other is, that these classic works of literature are referenced in the art, books, comics and movies of today. A good example would be the recent movie Easy A. While it's not about The Scarlet Letter, it does reference it, and if you don't understand the reference or allusion, you don't understand part of the movie.
To help you though (because Hawthorne's language can be very dry) I've pointed you towards some YouTube videos of the old silent film version of the book, and encouraged you to access SparkNotes. While not a substitute for reading the book, it is an excellent tool to help you figure out what's going on.
The Scarlet Letter is considered romantic fiction, so we will look at it in this light, as well as make some comparisons to Ethan Frome and look at what romantic elements are seen
This book cover always seemed much more horrifying to me than the ones with just snowy backgrounds. This week we will finish our discussion of Ethan Frome and you will have an essay test.
This week we continue our genre fiction unit with Ethan Frome, which we will analyze as a romance. We will read the novel this week, and then work with it next week.
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This week we finish the short story portion of our genre fiction unit. We will build on identifying the genre elements that you were introduced to last week.
This week we start the unit of GENRE FICTION. We're going to read a bunch of short stories, but rather than study the time periods they were written in, we're going to analyze them according to the genre of fiction they are. Therefore we'll analyze whether they fit into the genres of detective, mystery, horror/gothic or romance fiction.
Did you know that Batman was originally created as a detective? He had no superhero skills, rather he focused on deductive reasoning to catch the bad guys.
This week we finish our Primary Documents unit. Your assessment is Friday, and you'll turn in your notebook then. We'll have a review Thursday, please make sure you study! If you don't do well, you'll be assigned Intervention and then retake the assessment.
Welcome to Mrs. Vogt's American Literature class! For class this week, the first thing you'll need is a 5 subject spiral notebook (preferably with pockets). I also suggest that you get a highlighter and a set of colored markers, as they will help you keep up with your interactive notebook. I am available for help during Empower Hour on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Feel free to see me if you have any questions.
Here you can find documents that are used a lot in class, or that you might need. Also, in the classroom, all extra copies are kept in the bins by the window with the class name on them.